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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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LONDON, SATURDAY, NOyEMBER 26. 1859. 



No. 204. — CONTENTS. 



NOTES :_ Hunting Match of Termed, 427 — Kempenfelt Family, by 

 CI. Hopper, lb. — Memorial Lines on the Opening of Framingham 

 Pigot Church near Norwich, Sept. 15th, 1859, 428 _ Hints as to Notes, 

 &c., on Fly-leaves, 429. 



Minor Notes:— Talma — Unlucky Days — Family Vicissitudes — 

 Lennard Family — Impromptu by O'Connell — Literary Taste of 

 Different Countries, 429. 



QUERIES : — " Damask," 430. 



*'^JIt?,'?.'^°^i'."'^=,— y'^''™* Kings of Colon " — Arthur Hildersham — 

 William Marshall — Sir W.St. John— The Judges and their Style 

 Honourable — Bishops Elect — Skelmufcky _ Box — Plough — Deri- 

 vation of Hawker — William Shirley, Dramatic Author— Honora 

 Sneyd — Meaning of the Word End as applied to Places — "Venice, a 

 Poem " — Reeves's Hebrew Psalms ,&c., 431 . 



Minor Queries with Answers: — " Lord Harry " and a " Toucher " 



— Etymology of Scripture Local Names— Bishop Landal — Ridley 

 Hall, Chester, 433. 



REPLIES ! — Louis the Fifteenth, 434 — Northumberland Notes, by 

 Edward Thompson, 435 — Butts Family, by Geo. Hen. Dashwood,i6. 

 Sir Peter Paul Rubens, by W. Noi?l Saiusbury, 436. 



Replies TO Minor Ouekiks : — Birtsmorton Court, Worcestershire — 

 Portraits of Archbishop Laud— Change in the Dedication ofClmrches 



— Papier Moure — DialofAhaz— Barony of Brougliton— Sir William 

 Ussher — " Liberavi animam meam" -Michael Honey wood —Ham- 

 mer Cloth— General Thackwell — Yorkshire Worthies — Extraor- 

 dinary Birth— "Andrew," an Afternoon's Luncheon: "Gaffman " — 

 Crooked Boundaries of Fields — William Shakspeare Pay ton — Blue 

 Blood — Quotation — Kenrick Family — Heralds' Visitations — 

 Cleanctus — John Pope, Gentleman, &c., 437. 



HUNTING MATCH OF TERMED. 



The Tartar Annals relate a remarkable hunt- 

 ing-match of the great conqueror Genghis Khan. 

 Genghis Khan invaded the territories of the Sul- 

 tan of Kharisme in 1220, with an army of 700,000 

 men, gained several battles, and subdued the 

 country. After taking the town of Termed, 

 situated on the river Oxus, to the north of Balkh, 

 between it and Bokhara, to save his troops from 

 the ills consequent on want of occupation, and to 

 ascertain their state of discipline, in the close of 

 1221, he ordered a great hunting-match to take 

 place in the plain round Termed. His whole 

 army were engaged in it, and the strictest military 

 discipline was preserved. The soldiery, in com- 

 plete armour, formed a circle — said to be two 

 months' march from the centre to the circle — 

 which, supposing the day's march to be only five 

 miles, would make a circle of 300 miles from the 

 centre ; and the army composing the circle may 

 possibly be estimated at the diminished number of 

 500,000 men. The circle was formed, and it was 

 forbidden on pain of death to allow the escape of 

 any wild beast. Every one at his post, the 

 tymbals, trumpets, and horns sounded the march 

 on every side, and the soldiers moved forward to 

 the centre. The circle was narrowed on all points 

 equally. Hills were ascended and descended; 

 and on coming to a river not fordable, the soldiers 

 crossed on leather bags tied to the tails of horses, 

 who were led by a guide swimming before them, 

 and leading them with a string. The wild ani- 

 mals were forced to swim across. Neither den 

 nor burrow could allow them to escape ; and in 

 mountains, soldiers were let down by ropes from 



precipices to rocks and chasms otherwise inacces- 

 sible, to drive the beasts from their place of re- 

 fuge. The spade and pickaxe, even ferrets, were 

 used in dislodging the hunted animals. It was 

 forbidden, under the highest penalty, to slay any of 

 them — a prohibition in many instances, from the 

 resistance made by the animals, difficult to obey. 

 As the circle narrowed, the beasts were urged 

 forward : some following paths, and others be- 

 taking themselves in vain to the rock and wood. 

 The more ferocious fell on the weaker animals, 

 but were stopped by the hunters,' compelling their 

 onward flight ; and in the end, driven forward 

 at all points, and their efforts of escape checked 

 on every side, the wildest lost their ferocity and 

 became as tame as the gentlest. They arrived at 

 last at the plain proposed for the hunting match. 

 Genghis Khan, armed with bow and arrows, and 

 holding a sword in his hand, entered the enclosed 

 circle to the sound of trumpets, and accompanied 

 by some of his sons and his general officers. He 

 commenced the hunt, and attacked the most dan- 

 gerous animals ; then he retired, and seated him- 

 self on a throne which was placed for him on a 

 height, whence he could observe the bravery and 

 skill oi the princes and officers who pursued the 

 chase. However great the danger, no one sought 

 to withdraw ; every one knew the eye of the 

 sovereign observed him, and he strove the more 

 to show his courage. After the princes and lords 

 had retired, the young officers of the army entered 

 in the circle, and slew a great number of animals. 

 Then, says the old chronicler, Petis de la Croix, 

 the grandsons of Genghis Khan, and several little 

 lords of their age, presented themselves before 

 the throne; and in an harangue made in their 

 manner, prayed the Emperor to "give liberty to 

 the beasts that remained. He granted it to them, 

 praising the valour of his troops, who were dis- 

 missed and sent back to their quarters. At the 

 same time the wild beasts, who had avoided the 

 sword and arrow, seeing themselves no more sur- 

 rounded, escaped and regained their forests. This 

 extraordinary hunt occupied four months. 



W. H. F. 

 Kirkwall. 



KEMPENFELT FAMILY. 



The first of this family in England was a native 

 of Sweden, and received a commission in the Eng- 

 lish service under Queen Anne. But little, how- 

 ever, appears to be known of his personal history, 

 except that he duly arrived to the promotion of 

 Lieut-Colonel, and became Lieut.-Governor of 

 the island of Jersey. He is said to have been 

 commemorated in The Spectator under the title 

 of Captain Sentry. In Thicknesse's Memoirs he is 

 described as of extravagant habits, and the king 

 (George I.) more than once liquidated his debts. 



